Tracking the Migration of the Field Code

Lincoln Mullen and Kellen Funk

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The New York “Field Code”

David Dudley Field.
David Dudley Field.
Title page of the 1850 Field Code.
Title page of the 1850 Field Code.

Code commissioners

The 1868 North Carolina code commission: Victor Barringer, William Rodman, Albion Tourgee.
The 1868 North Carolina code commission: Victor Barringer, William Rodman, Albion Tourgee.

“Paste-pot” procedure codes

The 1861 Morris bill, which adapted California’s code for Nevada.
The 1861 Morris bill, which adapted California’s code for Nevada.